In this example, we create on localhost a MariaDB database called zabbix for the user zabbix identified by the password test and then import the database templates. This connection will be later used by the Zabbix server and web application:

Starting

To enable the and start server process, run:

systemctl enable zabbix-server
systemctl start zabbix-server

Finally you can access Zabbix via your local web server, e.g.: http://127.0.0.1/zabbix , finish the installation wizard and access the frontend the first time. The default username is Admin and password zabbix.

See appendix for a link to the official documentation, which explains all further steps in using it.

Agent (Client) Installation

Currently, the server package already includes zabbix-agentAUR, so you don't have to install this package on your monitoring server. However, for monitoring targets, the client part is more minimal, standalone and easy to deploy, just install zabbix-agentAUR.

Configuration

Simply edit the zabbix_agentd.conf and replace the server variable with the IP of your monitoring server. Only servers from this/these IP will be allowed to access the agent.